Erdogan apologized for the death of Russian pilot

Erdogan apologized for the death of Russian pilot

Turkish PresidentTayyipErdoganapologized to Russian President VladimirPutinfor the death of Russian pilot of Su-24, according to the Press Secretaryof the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.

“The President of the RussianFederation Vladimir Putinreceiveda message from Turkish Presidentin whichthe Turkish leaderexpressed his interestin resolving the situationassociatedwith the deathof a Russian military plane,” Kremlin’s representative reports.

According to him, “the head of Turkey expressed his sympathy anddeep condolences to the relatives of the deadRussian pilot in his message”.

November 24, 2015, Turkish Air Force shot down the Russian war plane Su-24 in the Syrian sky. Russian pilot, Oleg Peshkov, was killed by terrorists when he parachuted down after catapulting. According to the official statement of Ankara, the Russian plane violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border. Russian Ministry of Defense stated that aircraft was over the Syrian territory and there was no violation of Turkish airspace.

After that, Putin warned that attack on the Russian pilot would have serious consequences for bilateral relations of two countries. November 28, he signed a decree “On measures to ensure national security of the Russian Federation and the protection of citizens from criminal and other unlawful acts, as well as application of special economic measures against the Republic of Turkey”.

Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.